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2021 Revised Code of Washington
Title 18 - Businesses and Professions
Chapter 18.51 - Nursing Homes.
- 18.51.005 - Purpose.
- 18.51.007 - Legislative intent.
- 18.51.009 - Resident rights.
- 18.51.010 - Definitions.
- 18.51.030 - License required.
- 18.51.040 - Application for license.
- 18.51.050 - License—Issuance, renewal—Fee—Display.
- 18.51.054 - Denial of license.
- 18.51.060 - Penalties—Grounds.
- 18.51.062 - Temporary managers—Department shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless.
- 18.51.065 - Penalties—Hearing (as amended by 1989 c 175).
- 18.51.067 - License suspension—Noncompliance with support order—Reissuance.
- 18.51.070 - Rules.
- 18.51.091 - Inspection of nursing homes and community-based services—Notice of violations—Approval of alterations or new facilities.
- 18.51.095 - Resident contact information—Department requirements and duties.
- 18.51.140 - Fire protection—Duties of chief of the Washington state patrol.
- 18.51.145 - Building inspections—Authority of chief of the Washington state patrol.
- 18.51.150 - Operating without license—Penalty.
- 18.51.160 - Operating without license—Injunction.
- 18.51.170 - Application of chapter to homes or institutions operated by certain religious organizations.
- 18.51.180 - Outpatient services—Authorized—Defined.
- 18.51.185 - Outpatient services—Cost studies—Vendor rates.
- 18.51.190 - Complaint of violation—Request for inspection—Notice—Confidentiality.
- 18.51.200 - Preliminary review of complaint—On-site investigation.
- 18.51.210 - Authority to enter and inspect nursing home—Advance notice—Defense.
- 18.51.220 - Retaliation or discrimination against complainant prohibited, penalty—Presumption.
- 18.51.230 - Periodic general inspection—Emergency rules.
- 18.51.240 - Alterations or additions—Preliminary inspection and approval.
- 18.51.250 - Nursing homes without violations—Public agencies notified—Priority.
- 18.51.260 - Posting citations for violation of RCW 18.51.060.
- 18.51.270 - Annual report of citations—Publication—Contents.
- 18.51.280 - Chapter cumulative.
- 18.51.290 - Writings as public records.
- 18.51.300 - Retention and preservation of records of patients.
- 18.51.310 - Comprehensive plan for utilization review—Licensing standards—Regulations.
- 18.51.320 - Contact with animals—Rules.
- 18.51.350 - Conflict with federal requirements.
- 18.51.400 - Receivership—Legislative findings.
- 18.51.410 - Receivership—Petition to establish—Grounds.
- 18.51.420 - Receivership—Defenses to petition.
- 18.51.430 - Receivership—Persons qualified to act as receiver.
- 18.51.440 - Receivership—Judicial hearing.
- 18.51.450 - Receivership—Appointment of receiver.
- 18.51.460 - Receivership—Termination—Conditions.
- 18.51.470 - Receivership—Accounting of acts and expenditures by receiver.
- 18.51.480 - Receivership—Compensation, liability—Revision of medicaid reimbursement rate.
- 18.51.490 - Receivership—Powers of receiver.
- 18.51.500 - Receivership—Financial assistance—Use of revenues and proceeds of facility.
- 18.51.510 - Receivership—State medical assistance.
- 18.51.520 - Receivership—Foreclosures and seizures not allowed.
- 18.51.530 - Notice of change of ownership or management.
- 18.51.540 - Cost disclosure to attending physicians.
- 18.51.550 - Investigation of complaints of violations concerning nursing technicians.
- 18.51.560 - Employment of physicians.
- 18.51.570 - Employment—Certificates of parental improvement.
- 18.51.575 - Communication system—Telephones and other equipment.
- 18.51.580 - Disaster preparedness plan.
- 18.51.920 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.
NOTES:
Assisted living facilities: Chapter 18.20 RCW.
Birthing centers: Chapter 18.46 RCW.
Employment of dental hygienist without supervision of dentist authorized: RCW 18.29.056.
Labor regulations, collective bargaining—Health care activities: Chapter 49.66 RCW.
Resident care, operating standards: Chapter 74.42 RCW.
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